While it's decidedly trivial to change flag_icon, the animation frames for the actual flags used on the gamemap are initialized during the game_display object construction; thus, implementing support for changing this will require a slightly more intrusive patch. I think I can get to it before 1.11.0.

Please make it possible for [modify_side] to change flags and perhaps the flag_icon. I request this because nowadays, faction-specific are often used, and these flags give hints to what could be on whatever side or what forces are involved, thus potentially spoiling the story of whatever scenario. Of course, even if we have whatever sides hidden and obscured by shroud, we still can see the flag icons shuffle as control to the other sides shift.

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